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US military launches another strike in Eastern Pacific; 3 killed
Stars and Stripes
June 1, 2026
This image from a video provided by U.S. Southern Command shows a vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean before being struck by a lethal kinetic strike, killing three, on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command)
The U.S. military launched another strike on a vessel engaged in narcotrafficking operations in the Eastern Pacific, killing three, U.S. Southern Command said.
The Saturday strike is part of a U.S. campaign against narcotrafficking, which began in early September, and has killed at least 205 people in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.
SOUTHCOM released a 14-second video of the strike. No U.S. military forces were harmed.
This was the fourth strike the military launched in the Eastern Pacific last week.
Operation Southern Spear has continued despite the U.S. military’s focus on the Middle East. Strikes under the operation have increased in frequency in recent weeks after a relative lull that followed the capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in January.